2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/examples/common/alhelpers.c b/examples/common/alhelpers.c
index c8f0bb37..3077d0b7 100644
--- a/examples/common/alhelpers.c
+++ b/examples/common/alhelpers.c
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@ const char *FormatName(ALenum format)
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <mmsystem.h>
 
-unsigned int altime_get(void)
+int altime_get(void)
 {
-    static unsigned int start_time = 0;
-    unsigned int cur_time;
+    static int start_time = 0;
+    int cur_time;
     union {
         FILETIME ftime;
         ULARGE_INTEGER ulint;
     } systime;
     GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&systime.ftime);
     /* FILETIME is in 100-nanosecond units, or 1/10th of a microsecond. */
-    cur_time = (unsigned int)(systime.ulint.QuadPart/10000);
+    cur_time = (int)(systime.ulint.QuadPart/10000);
 
     if(!start_time)
         start_time = cur_time;
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ void al_nssleep(unsigned long nsec)
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-unsigned int altime_get(void)
+int altime_get(void)
 {
-    static unsigned int start_time = 0u;
-    unsigned int cur_time;
+    static int start_time = 0u;
+    int cur_time;
 
 #if _POSIX_TIMERS > 0
     struct timespec ts;
diff --git a/examples/common/alhelpers.h b/examples/common/alhelpers.h
index 4193e86f..5caeda38 100644
--- a/examples/common/alhelpers.h
+++ b/examples/common/alhelpers.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int InitAL(char ***argv, int *argc);
 void CloseAL(void);
 
 /* Cross-platform timeget and sleep functions. */
-unsigned int altime_get(void);
+int altime_get(void);
 void al_nssleep(unsigned long nsec);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus